So, partly because the novelty of Glenda, my new BlackBerry, has yet to wear off, and partly because I’m always looking for new and fun ways to entertain a certain someone in the car, I have a confession to make:
I’ve been using Glenda’s GPS skills even when we already know where we’re going.
Yes! It’s true.
What’s wrong with that!? She’s so calm and awesome, and Claire loves listening to her tell us where to go. Claire also tries to ask her questions and engage her in conversation, but Glenda is pretty focused on the task at hand.
So, the other day, as we got closer to home, I decided to go the way I wanted to go, rather than the way I knew would be programmed into Glenda’s psyche. I have a Ninja Route that I like to take. (What’s a Ninja Route? Click here for the official definition.) It bypasses a major intersection, and although it’s debatable as to which way is quicker, if i don’t have to deal with that intersection, I’m okay with it taking a few seconds longer.
Rather than turn where Glenda was going to tell me to turn, I turned sooner. She didn’t get huffy with me. She didn’t tell me to turn around (or “please make the next legal u-turn”). She just calmly said, “Rerouting…” and then proceeded to tell me how to get home.
But, here is where is where I was surprised. Rather than tell me to turn again onto the main road (the way I was going takes you back up to a major street, the one that intersected with the street I was on before disregarding her directions), she had me continue on The Ninja Route!
Glenda knew The Ninja Route!
I was amazed at how intuitive she was. She assumed that I was avoiding that street for whatever reason and then told me how to get home, turn-by-turn via The Ninja Route.
Either The Ninja Route is not as ninja as I thought it was, or Glenda is part ninja.
My money’s on the latter…
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